Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch吉門は銘振りからわかるように本国は濃州で善定兼吉の末裔。承応三年に江戸に出て鍛刀し、約二十年後の寛文十二年には水戸光圀に抱えられて水戸に移住。水戸藩工として七人扶持を賜っている。 本作は高低差のある丁子乱れ刃文に、金筋や砂流しなど、沢山の動きを見せて働き抜群。板目肌の鍛えも良く一部板目が流れ、一見古刀を思わせる趣ある地鉄。小さめの切先は焼き深く小丸に返っている。生ぶ茎は状態良く鑢目もしっかりと残り、寛文三年の年期から江戸打ちであることがわかる。 凝った金工拵は飾り映えする優品で、鞘は津軽塗りのように黒を下地として金と深緑を重ね塗りして研ぎ出すとても手間の掛かる技法。栗型近くには銀で違鷹の羽紋を刻んで、小尻も同じ銀地で柏の図。鐔は赤銅七々子地鶴図、縁頭は梅花図、目貫は竹笹で茶色柄巻き。小柄櫃が設けられ、赤銅地鳳凰図の小柄が入っている。 保存状態もよく稀少な拵で刀身と共に楽しめる。特別保存刀剣鑑定書附。
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Mino-den · Mino · around 1624-1644
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| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneshige兼重 | 1429-1441 | 1 |
| Kaneshige兼重 | 1504-1521 | 0 |
| Kaneyoshi兼吉 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Kanekado兼門 | 1428-1429 | 0 |
| Chikanori近則 | 1818-1864 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
NBTHK official siteIf the item is not to your liking, please feel free to return it for any reason. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility. After the item arrives and we confirm it is in the same condition as at the time of sale, we transfer the refund to your designated account the same day. Purchases made at the store are outside the scope of cooling-off.